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Prospect Forestation Board finalizes tree list for ArborFest and expands Canopy program plans
Summary
At its Aug. 14 meeting the board picked five species for ArborFest (dogwood, red maple, Princeton elm, white oak, southern magnolia), discussed ordering 50 trees, and reviewed the Canopy program's larger tree placements (about 20) and outreach strategies to boost homeowner participation.
The Prospect Forestation Board on Aug. 14 moved to finalize tree choices for the fall ArborFest and to press forward with the Canopy program of professionally planted, larger street trees for homeowners.
ArborFest selections: board members agreed to order roughly 50 small nursery stock trees to offer at ArborFest, distributed as five varieties of about 10 trees each. The recommended priority list included a Spring Grove (cultivar) or Kousa dogwood, a red maple (October Glory or Brandywine), a Princeton elm, a white oak,…
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